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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| bounce | / | Verb, Noun | 
| rebound | x/ | Noun, Noun, Verb | 
| bound | / | Verb, Verb, Adjective, Noun | 
| spring | / | Noun, Noun, Verb | 
| recoil | x/ | Verb, Noun, Verb | 
| projectiles | x/x | Noun | 
| bullet | /x | Noun | 
| cannonball | /xx | Noun | 
| dart | / | Noun | 
| volley | /x | Noun | 
| reverberate | x/xx | Noun | 
| shrapnel | /x | Noun | 
| swerve | / | Noun | 
| reverberations | xxx/x | Noun | 
| tumbling | /xx | Verb | 
| deflect | x/ | Verb | 
| gunfire | /xx | Noun | 
| grenade | x/ | Noun | 
| boomerang | /xx | Noun | 
| ballistic | x/x | Noun | 
| buckshot | /x | Noun | 
| splinters | /x | Noun | 
| gunshot | /x | Noun | 
| slingshot | /x | Noun | 
| colliding | x/x | Noun | 
| splat | / | Noun | 
| impinging | x/x | Noun | 
| trajectory | x/xx | Noun | 
| knock | / | Noun | 
| hit | / | Verb | 
| arcing | /x | Noun | 
| deflection | x/x | Noun | 
| crump | / | Name | 
| whizzing | /x | Verb | 
| explode | x/ | Verb | 
| shot | / | Noun | 
| ball | / | Noun | 
| collision | x/x | Noun | 
| careening | x/x | Verb | 
| blast | / | Noun | 
| snapshot | /x | Noun | 
| strip | / | Noun | 
| snap | / | Noun | 
| kick | / | Noun | 
| flip | / | Noun | 
| skeet | / | Noun | 
| dribble | /x | Noun | 
| snipe | / | Noun | 
| shelling | /x | Noun | 
| skyrocket | /xx | Noun | 
| drift | / | Noun | 
| skittering | /xx | Noun | 
| rush | / | Noun | 
| throw | / | Verb | 
| flinch | / | Verb | 
| tossing | /x | Verb | 
| jump | / | Noun | 
| rapid | /x | Adjective | 
| slug | / | Noun | 
| twist | / | Noun | 
| scud | / | Noun | 
| pattern | /x | Noun | 
| percussion | x/x | Noun | 
| flinging | /x | Verb | 
| burst | / | Noun | 
| spatter | /x | Noun | 
| bump | / | Noun | 
| flicking | /x | Verb | 
| skip | / | Noun | 
| bomb | / | Noun | 
| ducks and drakes | /// | Phrase, Noun | 
| pitch | / | Noun | 
| frisk | / | Noun | 
| shooing | /x | Verb | 
| chute | / | Noun | 
| scoot | / | Noun | 
| skimming | /x | Noun | 
| ramp | / | Noun | 
| impact | x/ | Noun | 
| nock | / | Noun | 
| skirmishing | /xx | Noun | 
| beehive | /x | Noun | 
| bombard | x/ | Verb | 
| stock | / | Noun | 
| spurt | / | Noun | 
| ejection | x/x | Noun | 
| hooting | /x | Noun | 
| scuttling | /xx | Noun | 
| whine | / | Noun | 
| occasional | x/xx | Adjective | 
| caught | / | Verb | 
| been | / | Verb | 
| modem | /x | Noun | 
| firing | /x | Noun | 
| walls | / | Noun | 
| strike | / | Verb | 
| mass | / | Noun | 
| effect | x/ | Noun | 
| causing | /x | Verb | 
| network | /x | Noun | 
| seemed | / | Verb | 
| watched | / | Verb | 
| heard | / | Verb | 
| back | / | Adverb | 
| continued | x/x | Verb | 
| began | x/ | Verb | 
| aircraft | /x | Noun | 
| alignment | x/x | Noun | 
| antiaircraft | xx/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| assassination | xxx/x | Noun | 
| avalanche | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| beating | /x | Noun | 
| bending | /x | Noun | 
| blessedness | /xx | Noun | 
| blessing | /x | Noun | 
| break | / | Verb, Noun | 
| broadside | /x | Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| caliber | /xx | Noun | 
| calibre | /xx | Noun | 
| centrifugal | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| check | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| clap | / | Noun, Verb | 
| clash | / | Noun, Verb | 
| clicking | /x | Noun | 
| coincidence | x/xx | Noun | 
| concussion | x/x | Noun | 
| contrapuntal | x//x | Adjective | 
| crisscross | /x | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| explosive | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| flogging | /x | Noun | 
| fro | / | Adverb, Noun | 
| glance | / | Noun, Verb | 
| kick back | // | Phrase, Verb, Noun | 
| mauser | /x | Name | 
| omitting | x/x | Noun | 
| pistol | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| quickest | /x | Adverb | 
| recalls | /x | Verb | 
| rhythmical | /xx | Adjective | 
| shudder | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| tripping | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| bundle | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective | 
| aisle | / | Noun | 
| blow | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| closet | /x | Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| bog | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| stovepipe | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| pidgin | /x | Noun | 
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| fall | / | Verb, Noun | 
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| gloss | / | Noun, Verb | 
| butt | / | Noun, Verb | 
| backside | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| get | / | Verb, Noun | 
| southend | /x | Name | 
